expand

Verbs

  • (v) extend in one or more directions
    • The dough expands
    spread out,
  • (v) become larger in size or volume or quantity
    • his business expanded rapidly
  • (v) make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
    • expand the house by adding another wing
  • (v) grow vigorously
    • The deer population in this town is thriving
    • business is booming
    flourish, thrive, boom,
  • (v) exaggerate or make bigger
    • The charges were inflated
    inflate, amplify, blow up,
  • (v) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
    • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
    elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, flesh out, enlarge,
  • (v) expand the influence of
    • The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent
    extend,

Synonyms

spread out flourish thrive boom inflate amplify blow up elaborate expatiate expound lucubrate dilate exposit flesh out enlarge extend

Antonyms

shrink contract abbreviate abridge foreshorten shorten reduce cut

Words of close approximity

expat
expandable expanded expandible expanding upon